Identifier	gic-200801-184
Title	INDIA; New Delhi; India Gate and monuments, distant view
Creator	Lutyens, Edwin (architect, designer)
Country	India
State or Province	Delhi (Union Territory)
City	New Delhi
Date of Original Construction	1921-1931
Description	Almost similar to its French counterpart, it commemorates the 70,000 Indian soldiers who lost their lives fighting for the British Army during World War I. The memorial bears the names of more than 13,516 British and Indian soldiers killed in the Northwestern Frontier in the Afghan war of 1919. The foundation stone of India Gate was laid by His Royal Highness, the Duke of Connaught in 1921 and it was designed by Edwin Lutyens. The monument was dedicated to the nation 10 years later by the then Viceroy, Lord Irwin. Another memorial, Amar Jawan Jyoti was added much later, after India got its independence. The eternal flame burns day and night under the arch to remind the nation of soldiers who laid down their lives in the Indo-Pakistan War of December 1971. The entire arch stands on a low base of red Bharatpur stone and rises in stages to a huge moulding. The cornice is inscribed with the Imperial suns while both sides of the arch have INDIA, flanked by the dates MCMXIV (1914 left) and MCMXIX (1919 right). The shallow domed bowl at the top was intended to be filled with burning oil on anniversaries but this is rarely done. India Gate stands at one end of Rajpath, and the area surrounding it is generally referred to as 'India Gate'.
Date Photographed	1972
Language	eng
Source	35mm slide
Subject	Memorial arches -- India -- Delhi Architecture, Indian -- 20th century People Bicycles
Type	Still Image
Format	JPG
Rights Statement	All Rights Reserved, DePaul University Library
Collection	Geographic Image Collection
Repository	Digital Collections, DePaul University Library, Chicago IL 60614 USA; http://library.depaul.edu